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I ROBERT WILSON, OF MILTON, PENNSYLVNA. l

SPRING-SEAT xmms-SADDLE To all 107mm it may concern Be it known that I, Ronnm W'ILSON, of Milton, in the county of Northumberland :md Stufe of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improve-ffl Modo -ojf Making a Spring-Seat to the Common Riding-Saddle; und I do hereby declare that the following The nature of my invention oriniprovenient consists in the .application of springs to n cross-simining and applying them to the oonunon riding saddle so as to produce the spi-ing required in the seat.

To enable others skilled inl the :mi to make l nnfl lnee any invention, I will proceed Vto describe its construcion and operation.

fi oonsi'ruei' my saddle tree on any of the common forms or fashions, and apply ihoreto the webbing and oiher appendages of such suddies; hutn order to clnf'mte the lmrclness :unl density peculiar to the seats of the coininon riding fiailrllrs, l make nee of. `two springs, nnule of stool, und Similar to those uned for the oonnnon .fix-traps, ns repre ,sented at A, B, C. vEneh spring is about four inches long mul is open about. one and un half inch utili-e points. and of a weight proportionate to the size of the saddle. They uro ezufh about lnilf :in inch in Width nl: the heel, und about one. eighth of an inch at the points, about one eighth of nn inch thick :it the heel, nucl' taper io suoli n liickness nl; the points as will innige a good Sprinf. lThe about three qimrte'rs of'zln inch, at a, right angle with ille other fiat purr of the sprin, for ho purpose of receiving n notch about :i quarter of un ineh'long, and about an eighth of an inrh deep, one at theencl of the upper arm, :is al; A, for :1- metallic hook or loop to calc-h in to hold the spring totho free; and the other, of the sumo description, nl; the lower arm of the spring, just the wiillh of l'he notch further from the end, :1S nl' l5, for the cross-straining to hook into. The hooi of euch spring helfl to its; plnro by nienns of n iixetnllie socket :is nt D, fue toned to ith@ tree. nml. is nboui' half un inch doop, :nul formell in such n 'nmunor as to nllow the si'n'ing'n in be taken oui mul re- .form of n hook.

over itin such a. wa f ns to forni :i socia turned ns may be required.

Tho ross-straining li] is nuule of hoop or forged iron, is boni :in eighth of nu inch thrl( unfl about lhrof: qunriers oi." nn inl'h in g width uf rho u'iillfllo, und jut of nach @nil about u qurtor olf nn inch coming to ila full 5 Width at about one and a quarter indi from the ends, euch end 1s also turned up inthe about five and un half inches long from hook to hook or of n proper length tot the tree The edges are turned u) in order to iiiho webbing and make the ower side rounding. It is bent in a circular form so ns to fit the tree;' and covered with n: niiddling` think gioco of leather usf-ar as itrests on the web ing. The webbing is pnt on behind Vat F and G, in the common Way, but n little higher Yon the canile; and on ille head .H in the common way also, unless the henri be very low, in which case ii is brought fio a proper height' by racking on ,a piece or Time The cross-sralning iisof thick leather. .Tho'higllor the houd :and

runl'le. or the higher the heini iS, nnd he hgherlthe webbing' is nailed on the Lafaille the more Spring can be had in the' webbini?. The webbing is nit on more'looSely than for a common saddle, :is the springs uftorwnrl applied bring it up tight; the proper slavi@ ness easily ascertained by trying one or two pair of springs. AThe cross-straining i5 placed across the webbing :is near to 'ine hond of `the tree ns thowehbing, ooiniugie tween'it nd the head 'of the ree, will per mit.. It is necessary that there be n piece of thick leather sowod on theiwolybing ns ai J, for the cross-straining to rest on. The s'nings are placed one on the top of the in side edge of each bnr of the 4treni in n per pendionlar position and just opposite oenrx other, with ille points' nos-nenn rlisnnre from the yheiu'l of the tree as will allow the croie' straining llo hook into the notch, in the lower arm o nach spring.y The heel of the spring boi-ng secured to the tree, ns before described, mth-:1 piece of thm sheet-brass D, "turned i@ which is riveted or screwed to he tree in .n

durablemanner. The upper nun of 'euch spring' is held clown by u piece of hoop or forged iron IQL, about. ono eighth oi. on inch thick', and abono` Three inches lonf,

about hull' an inch :vicio at li'e lower vein-s,`

und mooring to about n. quarter o an inizia nl the upper ond, on which :1 shore hook tur-neri. K, which catches in the notfh on the uppor umn of thv xprin.' Till?, piece ie bein: in :l form to h'i; the tree, und also to cl for e iomr arm of the .Spring ne it if rlrawn up the woef-straining. ll is, pi! eide oi ih@ bui.' :mil on he ou. 'ifle oif UMTED STATES PATENTOFFICE three screws.1A The cross-straining hooks en spring of the same number, tieing it together 35 to the springs from the inside of the latter.

',Torprepare the tree for this improvement, I

pare oli' the inside edge of the bars, in order to give more space between them; I then shave oli the top of the saine to a thin edge, as represented at M, N. By means of this I get more room for the webbing to Spring np and down without striking the tree. lheeross-straining raises the webbing in the seat from one to one and an 'half inches from the tree. I also eut away the Wood to theA plates on the inside edges f the head of the tree, in order to give more room for the cross-straining; as the closer the crossvstraining is 'to the head, the better the springs work. After these springs are eorreel-ly applied, the lower arms rise about lve-eightlis et' an inch at. the points by pressing down the webbing to its greatest dis tance. As the webbing is pressed down, the lower .arms of' the springs approach the upper arms; or, as the Cross-straining ris drawn down by the springs, the webbing rises in the seat.

The advantages this improvement has oser any other spring saddles l. know to be in inse, are, first, that in ease the springs should accidentally breek 'from n flaw, too high, a temper, rust occasioned by the dampness rising from the horse, or owing to low teni- I per, they should sink or cease to act, they can be easily replaced by taking ont the padding next to the horses back, and taking a and putting Iit to its placevwith the fingers; after which by cutting the thread it willi spring to its place; not even a screw nor rivet has to be drawn tov replace them, asA

they ean'be sprung out and in, by pressing them together. Second, the springs cannot be broken by any Wright which may ybe placed von the ses@ 'ing to their being ,tempered at such a distance apart at their.

points as to admit of their coming together without cracking. Third, that this principle gives as much spring 'to the seat as any other known to be in use, and in some instances more. Fourth, that this improvek ment can be applied to trees of any of the common forms or fashions, and et a. very n tritling expense in Comparison with that necessary to make some sprln, 1;saddles.l

What I claim as' my invention and desire te secure by Letters Patent, isf

The application to a cross-straining, ep-l pliecl to the common riding saddle, springs which will give the cross-straining the desired motion, and allow', the webbing'whieh, passes under it, to rise and fall in such a" manner .as is yrequired to malte a, pleasant seat to ride upon, as herein deseribeclgfusing V'for that, purpose any kind of materials whieli will produce the intended el'eet.

' ROBERT WILSN.

lWitnesses Jos. Roma), B. M'. MILLER. 

